Summit or not, giant gulf separates US-NKorea on nukes

Matthew Pennington, Associated Press Updated 9:45 pm, Friday, May 25, 2018 Photo: Ahn Young-joon, AP Image 1of/1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 FILE – In this May 24, 2018, file photo, People watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea. Even if conciliatory rhetoric revives U.S.-North Korea summit plans, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are still left with the gaping disconnect over what a deal on North Korea’s nukes would look like. less FILE – In this May 24, 2018, file photo, People watch a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway … more Photo: Ahn Young-joon, AP Summit or not, giant gulf separates US-NKorea on nukes 1 / 1 Back to Gallery WASHINGTON (AP) — Even if conciliatory rhetoric revives U.S.-North Korea summit plans, President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are still left with the gaping disconnect over what a deal on North Korea’s nukes would look like. Observers of the soap opera-style Trump-Kim summit drama that has played out this week could be forgiven for thinking that a fragile courtship is underway, where the tenor of each side’s statements will determine whether the two can agree to sit down together. But lying at the root of the North’s recent barrage of negative rhetoric… [Read full story]